Nicolás Herreros
| Born | 23 January 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicolás Herreros (born 23 January 1990) is a Chilean rugby union player. He plays Scrum-half for Chile at an international level. He competed for Chile in the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Career
In 2009, Herreros played for the Chilean U20s team at the Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament in Kenya.[1][2]
He played for Tribe 7s in Australia.[3] In 2016, he captained one of the two Queensland Reds teams in the National 7s Championship.[4][5] He also had stints in New Zealand and France.[1][6]
He was part of the Chilean sevens team that competed in the 2016–17 World Series, specifically in the Las Vegas and Vancouver rounds.[1]
He spent four years with Spanish club, Aparejadores Rugby, since joining them in 2018.[7][8] In 2021, he signed with Spanish franchise, the Iberians, who compete in the Rugby Europe Super Cup league.[9]
Herreros made his international debut for Chile against Brazil in 2021.[7] He played for Selknam in the Super Rugby Americas competition.[5][7]
He was selected in Chile's squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.[1][10] He made his World Cup debut from off the bench against Argentina.[11] Following the World Cup, he joined Portuguese club, Agronomia, in the Campeonato Português de Rugby competition.[5][7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Los Cóndores en el Mundial de Francia 2023". Chile Rugby (in Spanish). 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Cornejo, Aquiles (2023-09-09). "Nicolás Herreros, el último Cóndor en volar a Francia: "La parte estratégica va a ser la clave en este Mundial"". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nicolás Herreros llega a UBU Colina Clinic de la Liga Heineken, División de Honor de España". Rugby Chile (in Spanish). 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Chilean Named Queensland Captain in Australian Sevens". Americas Rugby News. 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Muñoz, Felipe (2023-11-01). "El Mundial de rugby ya causa efecto en Chile: Nicolás Herreros, Vittorio Lastra y Rodrigo Fernández de los "Cóndores" fichan en Europa". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Ortega, Álvar (2025-09-03). "Nicolás Herreros (Aparejadores Rugby Burgos): "En una semana he visto el nivel y me he ilusionado"". Diario de Burgos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d "Nicolás Herreros now playing his rugby in Portugal". Americas Rugby News. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Valenzuela, Emilia (2021-06-04). "Nicolás Herreros y Augusto Sarmiento: A horas de jugar la Final de la Copa del Rey analizan al Aparejadores". Rugbiers (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ^ Werth Münchmeyer, Pablo (2021-10-25). "Nicolás Herreros se incorpora a Iberians, la franquicia española en la SuperCup". www.rugbiers.cl. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Blackwood, Nathan (2023-08-29). "Chile Rugby World Cup squad 2023". Rugby World. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Chile name team to play Argentina". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. 2023-09-29. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
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